Cover; Contents; Preface; 1. A Model of the Turn to Political Violence; 2. The French Revolution and the Emergence of Modern Political Violence; 3. Political Violence from the Restoration to the Paris Commune; 4. The Professionalization of Terroristic Violence in Russia; 5. Anarchism and the Expansion of Political Violence; 6. The Specialized Terrorist Organization: The PSR Combat Unit 1902-1908; 7. Banditry, the End of a World, and Indiscriminate Political Violence; 8. Policy Implications; Appendix. Testing the Social Identity Perspective Model of the Turn to Political Violence; Notes
Summary
Counterterrorism consultant Marc Sageman examines the history and theory of political violence in his comprehensive new book. Seeking patterns across numerous key case studies, Turning to Political Violence offers a paradigm-shifting perspective that yields stark new implications for how liberal democracies should respond to terrorism
